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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli. A stark manual of political survival analyzes how rulers acquire, maintain, and lose power.
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- Date
- 1513
- Origin
- Italy
- Era
- Renaissance
- Genre
- Political philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
A stark manual of political survival analyzes how rulers acquire, maintain, and lose power.
This work is included on the basis of great books / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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